Eliminating the electoral collage wouldn't change things at all. Obama got the popular vote, and roughly half the country saw an existential threat take power.

Eliminating the electoral collage wouldn't change things at all. Obama got the popular vote, and roughly half the country saw an existential threat take power. An extra 2.2 million votes for Trump, giving him the popular vote, wouldn't change the fact that the other half of the country sees an existential threat with him taking power. The country is split into two factions that hate each other, and neither side likes democracy when they lose. Winning the battle is too important to leave up to democracy.